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Competition between state universities
Luporini, Lisa; Grazzini, Annalisa; Petretto, Alessandro - 2011
We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … research and teaching supplied by each university, and the mix of low- and high-ability students attending each university. The … a higher teaching quality but pay higher tuition fees. -- university competition ; research ; tuition fees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009011313
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The Expansion of Higher Education and Time-Consistent Taxation
Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012776006
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Externalities and Optimal Subsidization of Higher Education
Winter, Stefan - 2013
Higher education is subsidized worldwide, although with pronounced differences in levels of subsidization. While public funds account for about 90% of universities' budgets in Scandinavian countries, the share of public funds in Great Britain and the US is less that 30%. Subsidization is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013080389
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University Funding Reform, Competition and Teaching Quality
Kemnitz, Alexander - 2007
This paper explores the impact of university funding reform on teaching quality competition. It shows that a graduate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010296813
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Expansion of higher education and time-consistent taxation
Poutvaara, Panu - 2007
This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a time-consistency problem in income redistribution. There may be political support for so generous subsidization that it motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264213
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Competition between state universities
Luporini, Lisa; Grazzini, Annalisa; Petretto, Alessandro - 2011
We analyse how state university competition to collect resources may affect both research and the quality of teaching … research and teaching supplied by each university, and the mix of low- and high-ability students attending each university. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274738
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University graduation dependent on family's wealth, ability and social status
Ehlers, Tim - 2011
This paper presents a model showing an incentive for a group of people to vote for higher tuition fees, even if these fees have no quality effect. The incentive is based on a non-monetary influence on utility, namely the social status or prestige of graduating. The basic assumption is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010311681
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Expanding the welfare system: a proposal for reform
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - In: The welfare state in Europe: Challenges and reforms, (pp. 101-117). 1998
The proposal involves the establishment of 'welfare accounts' for every person in a country. There are to be four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010313982
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University graduation dependent on family's wealth, ability and social status
Ehlers, Tim - 2011
This paper presents a model showing an incentive for a group of people to vote for higher tuition fees, even if these fees have no quality effect. The incentive is based on a non-monetary influence on utility, namely the social status or prestige of graduating. The basic assumption is that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009008128
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Universities as stakeholders in their students' careers : on the benefits of graduate taxes to finance higher education
McKenzie, Tom; Sliwka, Dirk - 2010
revenues are distributed evenly among universities there is free riding. To solve this problem each university should be … encourage more people to attend university than would the equivalent upfront tuition fee. -- higher education ; graduate tax …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009303444